Helmut Marko just torpedoed Christian Horner's upcoming tell-all, backing Ralf Schumacher's claim that the former Red Bull boss is peddling "an absolute lie" about Max Verstappen's signing. Horner's book Drive, dropping October 22, alleges Marko didn't want a young Verstappen and that Jos had to force the deal. Marko called it revisionist history. Schumacher countered that Marko approached Max at 11, Jos said it was too early, and Red Bull circled back in F3. The real twist: Marko claims Horner tried to block Max's 2016 promotion to the senior team, calling him too inexperienced. "I had to beat Horner in Barcelona," Marko said—a reference to Verstappen's legendary debut win at the Spanish GP. The feud stems from the power struggle after Dietrich Mateschitz's death, which pushed Horner out in 2025. With the book dropping in two weeks, expect this war over who discovered F1's greatest modern talent to get uglier.
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